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Planting the Seeds of Philanthropy: A Stardew Valley Approach to Discovery Management
Tuesday February 12th, 12:00-1:00PM EST
Managing discovery work effectively is essential for building and maintaining a healthy donor pipeline. Apra Michigan board member and speaker Beki Hodgman offers an innovative and engaging approach to discovery management. Learn how to identify and prioritize prospects, build a measurable framework for assignment and tracking, and harvest successful outcomes. She will provide actionable tools, including portfolio management techniques, evaluation methods, and creative strategies for keeping gift officers engaged. Whether you're a seasoned professional or new to prospect research, this session equips you with the skill to build a new kind of donor discovery program and grow the pipeline for your gift officer team. Join us for a fun and informative webinar that will leave you inspired to cultivate success!
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Here & There: Apra Networking around the Great Lakes
Apra-MN
Apra-MN
Lunch & Learn
Lunch & Learn
Flying High: Piloting an Effective Prospecting & Qualification System
Flying High: Piloting an Effective Prospecting & Qualification System
Wednesday January 21, 2026, 12:00-1:00PM CST
Explore how prospect development professionals can build a system that surfaces the right leads at the right time, verifies their potential, and equips gift officers to qualify with confidence. Whether you're starting from scratch or fine-tuning existing processes, you'll leave with actionable strategies to strengthen each leg of the discovery journey.
Apra-IL
Apra-IL
Webinar
Webinar
Building Bridges, Not Lists - Turning Portfolios into Pipelines That Perform
Building Bridges, Not Lists - Turning Portfolios into Pipelines That Perform
Tuesday January 27, 2026, 12:00-1:00PM CST
Join Cynthia Mikimoto, Associate Director of Prospect Management at Caltech, to learn how Caltech keeps their prospect data organized so that their fundraisers can visualize their gift strategy for all of their potential donors. At Caltech, gift officers build their portfolios one at a time after being presented with prospective donors by the Prospect Research team. Only those prospective donors who show signs of philanthropic inclination and possible motivation to give are put in front of gift officers; keeping portfolios small in this way helps ensure a strong donor pipeline by letting gift officers focus on tailoring individualized approaches for each assigned prospect. With the Research team prospecting for potential donors and the Prospect Management team keeping their portfolio data up-to-date, Caltech's gift officers are free to concentrate on meeting their yearly fundraising goals.
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